The recent release of Alaska Victimization Survey
estimates of intimate partner violence and sexual violence experienced
by adult women in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough has been noted in a
number of media reports.The survey was designed to measure the lifetime and past year exposure to sexual violence and intimate partner violence. It was conducted from April to July 2013 in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough through a contract with the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (CDVSA). Respondents were randomly selected by phone (using both land lines and cellphones).
Links to the media reports are below:
"Violence survey alarms" by Andrew Sheeler (Ketchikan Daily News, 17 October 2013).
"Half of Ketchikan women experienced violence," by Leila Kheiry (KRBD Ketchikan FM, 16 October 2013).
"Suffering exposed: Alaska's women speak up about violence, abuse" by Jill Burke (Alaska Dispatch, 16 October 2013).
